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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is how good ivy students are.  
Born leaders. 
Natural academic talent. 
This explains mostly As. [/quote]

Oh Christ.[/quote]

These kids are top 1%, nationally and internationally.

What's the point of refining their pecking order to top 1%, top 10% top 25%, top 50%, bottom 75%, bottom 10%, bottom 1%?[/quote]

Why have grades at all?

I would argue differently. I'd say that if you take a group of kids who've been taught to chase for perfect brass rings all of their lives and give them all A's for "effort," you're not encouraging them to take risks, or do more than the minimum, or really anything but rest on their laurels.

I mean you kind of have to, because we've collectively decided they're all too delicate to fail.

Not all colleges follow this stupid, privileged grading policy, just like not all colleges have their students' work graded by adjunct graduate students making 3k a semester--[/quote]

Your premise is not correct— or at least not universally correct.  There really are students who are intellectually curious, highly motivated learners.  Many of them get excellent grades.  It’s incorrect to assume that they aren’t taking risks , that they’re not doing more than the minimum, or even that they have chasing “for perfect brass rings” as a goal. 
While this might not be your particular experience, schools like Yale actively seek out these kinds of students.  And parents like many who post here complain when their kids who match your description don’t get in. [/quote]

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